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Taobao : stories / Dan K. Woo.

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Buckrider Books, 2022.

China -- Fiction.

9781989496510 (trade pbk.)

189 p. ; 22 cm.

The marriage market -- The city -- The delivery boy -- The drunkard -- The girl from Dongguan -- The professor and the student -- The physics problem -- The blond teacher -- The birthday party -- The bicycle thief -- The brothers -- The lover.

"In twelve spare, fable-like short stories Dan K. Woo introduces us to a fascinating cast of characters from different regions of China. From rural villages to bustling cities, Woo deftly charts the paths of young people searching for love, meaning and happiness in a country that is often misunderstood in North America. Whether they are participating in a marriage market to appease their mother, working as a delivery boy in Beijing or dealing with trauma in a hospital in Shanghai, we see these young people push against both tradition and the lightning-fast economy to try and make their way in often difficult situations. Woo brings remarkable empathy to these dreamlike stories and their twists and turns, which will linger long in readers' minds. Through it all, the spectre of Taobao - China's online retail giant - hovers, providing everything the characters might need or want, while also acting as a thread that ties together a captivating and complex collection of stories set in a captivating and complex country."-- Provided by Publisher.

Short stories, Canadian.

Canadian fiction.

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